Arma 3 system requirements are commanding

One lingering question following the announcement of Arma 3 was "do we need military-grade hardware to run the game's new engine?" The system requirements are now available to help answer that question.

Xav de Matos

May 20, 2011 4:15 PM

Yesterday, developer Bohemia Interactive announced it will continue the Arma series (A.K.A. Armed Assault) with Arma 3, coming exclusively to the PC in 2012.

With the announcement out of the way--and a few screens thrown out to whet appetite for the title--Bohemia has revealed the game's system requirements [via PC Gamer]. At first glance the requirements look to command a military-grade computer upgrade; however, we're confident that the hardest of the hardcore will likely be able to answer the call to jump into the next installment of the highly advanced series.

OS: Windows 7 / Vista
CPU: Intel Core i5 or AMD Athlon Phenom X4 or faster
GPU: Nvidia Geforce GTX 260 or ATI Radeon HD 5770, shader Model 3 and 896 MB VRAM, or faster
RAM: 2 GB
HDD: 15 GB free space
DVD: Dual Layer compatible
DirectX: 10

We hope to learn more (including advanced PC feature support) from the developer at E3 2011, which kicks off early next month.

Xav de Matos

Xav de Matos was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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One lingering question following the announcement of Arma 3 was "do we need military-grade hardware to run the game's new engine?" The system requirements are now available to help answer that question.
- Dragzeela
  
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  May 20, 2011 4:20 PM
  
  ..... DX10? If it uses the Radeon 5K series it better use DX11.
  - TheDaFox
    
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    May 21, 2011 11:30 AM
    
    It also supports the GTX 260 which is only DX10. It will likely use DX11 though as that lets you run on DX10 hardware as well with ease.
- Fenring42
  
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  May 20, 2011 4:30 PM
  
  My lap top is just under the GPU, the processor may be adequate depending.
- Vogerl
  
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  May 20, 2011 4:48 PM
  
  up yours, ive got hd5770, 4gig ram and quad core and I cant run the past game on high.
  - Fenring42
    
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    May 20, 2011 5:02 PM
    
    These are min not max, I have no idea what you're mad about.
- Jobos
  
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  May 20, 2011 5:16 PM
  
  Doesn't matter. Bohemia Interactive is notoriously bad at the "interactive" level. It doesn't matter what the requirements for this game are, odds are they won't fix the control problems the Flashpoint games have had for almost a decade now.
  - Modulus
    
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    May 20, 2011 5:32 PM
    
    yeah they really didn't need to update their graphic at all, but they really need to polish everything else about their games.
  - Lukiopimp
    
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    May 24, 2011 3:57 AM
    
    The bad and chaotic control system is what turned it off for me when playing the demo. I don't want to play an FPS/Tactical game where I have to press 35+ buttons just to achieve something. Even SWAT 4 had a more intuitive interface.
- ManiacalMoose
  
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  May 20, 2011 6:27 PM
  
  Those are some pretty steep system requirements considering they're minimum specs. Funny thing is, despite that, I don't think the game looks all that great from an artistic point of view. The ultra realistic desaturated look doesn't appeal.
  - locater16
    
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    May 20, 2011 6:38 PM
    
    Someone took a diarrhea shit all over the screen
  - code-e255
    
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    May 21, 2011 6:01 AM
    
    Whatever the game is, someone always has to hate the colors.
    
    "Too colorful"
    "Too bleak"
    "Too brown"
    "Too cartooney"
    - anal justice
      
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      May 21, 2011 11:50 PM
      
      true that. i guess some people really need to whine about something.
    - Lukiopimp
      
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      May 24, 2011 4:32 AM
      
      This may be due to the fact that everyone has a different perception of colours.
- fcm420
  
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  May 20, 2011 7:39 PM
  
  Are these min specs? or ideal?
  i mean seems not commanding to me...
  ive had a system w/ sli gtx 260's for nearly 2 years....
  
  gotta be minimum spec.
  - Milleh
    
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    May 21, 2011 3:19 AM
    
    I5 as a min req is high.
    - anal justice
      
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      May 21, 2011 11:53 PM
      
      I guess these are recommended, not optimal or minimal.
  - bloodypalace
    
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    May 22, 2011 2:43 PM
    
    Those are in fact the min specs.
- Dontdrop
  
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  May 21, 2011 3:40 AM
  
  Lol those are the minimum requirements? Fantastic.
- SpaecKow
  
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  May 21, 2011 3:53 AM
  
  The screenshots they've released do look gorgeous. View distance all to fuck and gorgeous foliage.
  - doomed
    
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    May 21, 2011 9:56 AM
    
    looks awesome indeed.
- [deleted] 339814024
  
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  May 21, 2011 3:53 AM
  
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- Streaks
  
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  May 21, 2011 7:40 AM
  
  I'm glad they're going to give us more Armed Assault!! My whole team/clan loves this game!! While I love the screen shots, what I really hope they change is to polish up the interface and command structure a bit. I'd also like to see the mod support brought in line with current games. The way ArmAII's mod support is now it's easier to try and give yourself a kidney transplant than use a mod in an existing map. Want to use that new F15 you just downloaded? Don't want to make your own map for it? Then put it on an existing map! Just unpack the existing one, place the model, write the loadouts, edit the files for the inventory list, etc etc etc. Look I'm no programmer but there has to be an easier way!!
- Liquid
  
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  May 21, 2011 8:52 AM
  
  by the 2nd half of 2012 these won't look so bad.
- MercFox1
  
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  May 21, 2011 9:14 AM
  
  UNFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- famine101
  
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  May 21, 2011 10:16 AM
  
  That's kind of a funny way to say it. Military grade gaming hardware would probably be super rugged, never crash, and run the game at 5fps or so.
- xiaojiekmjyu
  
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  May 22, 2011 5:35 PM
  
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  - Oakley314
    
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    May 23, 2011 7:31 PM
    
    You sir have obviously never played Arma.
- ARMAAA
  
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  June 7, 2011 2:08 PM
  
  My cpu is the i5 2400, its a locked cpu but Ive overclocked it to 3.7. Will this be enough for this game?? Its a quad core. Gpu is xfx 6870. I have enough RAM.
- silverback1138
  
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  June 29, 2011 10:41 PM
  
  It's a year away. Plenty of time to save up for a nice new gaming rig.
- banzaigtv
  
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  July 8, 2011 7:51 AM
  
  Holy hell! This leaves me to wonder: can my PC (Intel Core i7-950 processor and Radeon HD 6770 graphics card) even run this game on medium settings???